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Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: You got rid of the town councillors, yourself and Phil Hogan.

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: Telling the truth - a first time for everything.

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: Does the Minister know the fear many people felt last July when the first interest rate hike was announced? Can he imagine the fear they felt last week when the tenth interest rate hike was announced? These are families who are struggling and are waiting on the Minister. A man who lives in Cork contacted me. His current mortgage interest rate is double what it was 18 months ago. He said...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: Cork University Hospital, CUH, is a hospital that is constantly overcrowded and understaffed. The staff members there do Trojan work in the face of huge difficulties often caused by the failure of successive Governments to invest in healthcare in Cork. In recent weeks, they have been informed that their car park is to close. This was done without consultation with their union, the Irish...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: Energy companies made huge profits on the backs of ordinary hardworking people and families. The Government allowed this to happen. It stood idly by while Europe moved ahead to bring in windfall taxes. I welcome the Bill, but as others have said, it is too little, too late and not enough. Ordinary people have suffered. The question now is whether the Government will finally grasp the...

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is a great man for the facts. The real facts and the truth on the ground is that last year he and the Government delivered 323 affordable houses and 135 of them were in Cork. I can be critical of Cork City Council sometimes, but on affordable housing, it has led the way. The Minister gave it a target of 278, to be completed by 2026. It will probably have it met next year or,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for clarity on whether legislation or guidance exists requiring telephone boxes in city areas. [40019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that lands gifted by his Department to Ballincollig AFC more than twenty years ago at the former Murphy Barracks site in Ballincollig have still not been transferred to the club; if he will explain the reason this transfer has not been completed as intended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40258/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding stream under which the Cork robot trees initiative was funded; whether this funding stream requires feedback on success of projects; whether such feedback has been received on the robot trees initiative; and the criteria for inclusion in the stream. [40143/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether he is aware that a report into the efficacy of the Cork robot trees initiative has not been published, despite a commitment that it would be published in Q1 2023; whether he has received a copy of this report; and if he is aware that at a recent council meeting, officials could not give a timeline for publication of the report....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 108. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the full cost of the Cork robot trees initiative; the cost of transport; and the amount that was paid for through the relevant funding stream. [40145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 212. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of works on the weir at Ballincollig Regional Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40259/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware of significant issues with school transport in Glenville; and her plan to address this. [39833/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who applied for a concessionary school transport ticket this year but were unsuccessful. [39834/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether local connections rules apply to those presenting for emergency accommodation; and whether this is an acceptable reason to refuse emergency accommodation. [39638/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government where a person who is fleeing domestic violence with a teenage son, making them unsuitable for domestic violence shelter, should present; and if they would qualify for emergency accommodation outside of their county. [39639/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date of the past six regional homeless consultative forum meetings for the Munster region. [40154/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the annual funding provided to the regional homeless consultative forum for the Munster region. [40155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average allocation per house under the EERP funding scheme; if local authorities are required to submit an overall spend receipt; and if so, the average spend, by local authority, on houses under this scheme. [40172/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Thomas Gould: 520. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes targeted under the EERP funding scheme in Cork to 2030. [40173/23]